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Alex Brandon / AP The Senate Tests a New Approach on Obamacare: Bipartisanship
Health-care hearings next month will mark the first effort at collaboration between the two parties, even as the Republican repeal push sees one last gasp.
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Joe Raedle / Getty Images How Mental-Health Training for Police Can Save Lives—and Taxpayer Dollars
But only if officials at all levels of government are willing to invest in it up front.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump Informally Declares the Opioid Crisis a National Emergency
Once the proper paperwork is drawn up, the president’s unexpected and off-the-cuff announcement will free up disaster funding for cities and states dealing with the epidemic.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Real Reason Trump’s Obamacare Repeal Push Failed
Trump’s failure in health care wasn’t tactical. It was that he refused to acknowledge or redress the fundamental issues.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Can Republicans Stop Trump From Sabotaging Obamacare?
The president wants to let the law implode after the failure of repeal and replace, but GOP lawmakers don’t.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Health Care's Bipartisan Moment?
After the failure of the Senate Republican repeal plan, Democrats say they are ready to deal.
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Drew Angerer / Getty How Repeal Died—and Could Rise Again
The failed seven-month drama over rolling back Obamacare illustrates just how far the Republican Party has drifted from constituents and good governance.
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Cliff Owen / AP John McCain's 'No' Vote Sinks Republicans' 'Skinny Repeal' Plan
The Arizona veteran cast an unexpected vote against Mitch McConnell’s last-ditch proposal to partially repeal the Affordable Care Act, leaving the GOP once again without a way forward.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Senate's Blind Vote on 'Skinny Repeal'
Three Republicans issued an unusual demand on Thursday, saying they will only vote for Mitch McConnell’s latest proposal if they are assured it won’t become law.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Why Trump Is Threatening the Wrong Republican Senator on Health Care
Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is no vulnerable GOP squish—she wields significant power over the Interior Department and once won her seat as a write-in candidate.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Republicans Reject Another Obamacare Repeal Plan
The GOP’s options are dwindling after the failure of an amendment that would scrap Obamacare without replacing it. Party leaders are now looking for any plan that can pass.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Senate Republicans Clear Key Health-Care Hurdle
The GOP voted to begin debate on repealing Obamacare, as several holdouts fell in line. What—if anything—the party can pass remains uncertain.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Mitch McConnell's Latest Obamacare Gambit: 'Skinny Repeal'
Republicans are now considering a bill that would only scrap the law’s insurance mandates and some taxes as they struggle to round up votes in the Senate.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters John McCain Is Returning to the Senate for the Health-Care Vote
The Arizona lawmaker, who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer, will serve as a critical participant in Tuesday’s procedural vote.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The GOP's 'Last Chance' to Replace Obamacare?
A crucial Senate vote to begin the health-care debate is set for Tuesday, but it could fail.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The GOP Escalates Its Battle With the CBO
In an 11th hour push to repeal Obamacare, Republicans are leaning on a murky analysis that supports their plan.
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Mark Wilson / Getty The CBO Scored the Latest Draft of the Senate's Health-Care Bill
The budget agency found the Senate’s new version of its Obamacare-replacement plan would leave the same number of people uninsured as the original.
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Andrew Harnik / AP What the GOP Doesn't Understand About Its Own Voters
When it comes to health care and entitlements, the party’s policies don't always align with its coalition’s beliefs.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Tries for an Obamacare Repeal Revival
The president bought some more time for the Republican health-care effort, but he hasn’t changed any minds yet.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Repeal, Replace, or Delay?
With the latest draft of his Obamacare replacement defeated by Republican Party holdouts, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is re-upping an old strategy. But it’s hard to see why senators would sign on.
